Morning Briefing: Top stories from The Straits Times on Sept 2, 2025

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S’pore’s tough stance on vapes draws mixed response overseas

Health experts in Malaysia have lauded the move, but a New Zealand lobby group has called it “fearmongering”.

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Chas dental clinics to display fee benchmarks, provide higher subsidies from Oct 1

The benchmarks for 18 dental procedures are meant to help patients make better-informed choices.

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S’pore creating digital ‘passport’ to track plastics for recycling

Sole landfill in Semakau is running out of space in 10 years.

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Vital for nations to work together amid tariff uncertainty: DPM Gan

New tariffs system presents not just challenges but also opportunities, he added.

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Xi, Putin and Modi huddle in Tianjin as China pitches SCO unity

But it is difficult to immediately see the impact of the summit on other countries, said an analyst.

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US comedian ordered to carry Pofma correction notices on posts

While Mr Sammy Obeid can appeal against the order, he must comply with it in the interim.

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Tengah Football Club players suspended after Toa Payoh coffee shop brawl

The fight took place on Aug 24 and some of the suspects are believed to have been armed with weapons.

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Styling ‘Jackie Chan’: She glams up celeb wax figures

Sheryl Woo is a figure maintenance artist at Madame Tussauds Singapore.

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Are frequent flier miles and loyalty programmes more headache than perk?

The systems are designed to make redemption maddeningly complicated.

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21 years’ jail for man who sexually assaulted young grandniece at home, cinema

He began molesting the girl when she was seven years old.

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